"Don't laugh at me this is the first time I've sang this song since... 1965." No one is laughing brother, that was amazing. 1965 was 30 years before I was born. Thanks so much this is one hell of a song.
That was great, Jim. You're a natural: calm, composed and patient, and you sing it beautifully too. I love this song. It's what every son would like to hear from his father, and the great Bob Dylan nailed it. He must have known a thing or two. I look forward to the next one. Take care
Singing "Happy Birthday" is not particiularly inspirational - try singing some Dylan! There are many who say he can't sing either, but we know different don't we?
I heard this song on NPF a few days ago sitting in my car. I was reminded what a fantastic talent Dylan is -- that's why I was on You Tube today looking for a video. Dylan emerged from the likes of Perry Como and Dean Martin with songs and lyrics that cut to the heart. The folks at the Nobel knew what they were doing when he was given the prize for literature.
He certainly deserves this latest of many awards and prizes; the greatest singer/songwriter of all time and an inspiration to millions of musicians worldwide.
Thanks for getting me to drop that low E! Been playing this for years in standard tuning with no capo and the real way sounds SO much better. I hadn't paid the necessary attention to the strum pattern either!
Thank you so much for this. I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head to find a typhoon is on its way inland here in Taiwan. So I left the wife sleeping and have been practicing this for about two hours. I hope I can perform it flawlessly from beginning to end before the rainy season ends. Thanks again.
Another great video Jimmie! I enjoy your "How to play" videos a lot. I look forward to the next installment of "Hard Rain". Please keep up the excellent work. Homer from T.O.
Jim, thank you so much for posting these tutorials, I've learnt so much since i recently discovered them. I love da Bob, I love da doodlin on the guitar, and I love egg sandwiches, I've mastered the art of a damn adequate egg sambo, and I've done ok passin the time on the guitar, and I've bought plenty of song books, which to be honest I get bored with long before I've mastered anything in them, and they never really sound right anyways, so they usually
You are especially welcome my friend - thank you for your endorsement. Very good luck with this song and your shows; I would love to see you perform this song!!
Cheers Steve - so many great guitars to choose from now at this price. Some brands you should check out are Simon & Patrick; Tanglewood; Blueridge; Lec for starters. The key to it is to try out as many as possible, and wait for the one that feels great and sounds great to you. Also, ask someone to play it for you while you listen to it from the front. Good luck!
Lowdenjim you're very welcome :) your other vids are very good too! Maybe you could do a lesson how to play Bob Dylans "Mississippi" (from the album "Love and Theft") one day. Would be great! This song has easy chords, but maybe you could do a nice cover how to play it only on one guitar to make it sound "whole". If you have time one day. :) Greetings!
AMAZING job!! thanks soooo much :) i dont know that i will be able to ever do that but i thank you for the time and effort! Is there any chance you could do North country blues? its only two chords i think but the strumming and hammerons and stuff are confuzing to me :) thanks again!!!!!
Howdy Jim cool man thanks for the lesson good news man this friggin snow is finally melting so i will be able to get into the studio tommorow then I'll get you a list of the BD's songs that I have hey man that sounds pretty good for not doing it since 1965 stay cool my friend Rich
Hello Jim,one of the best tutorials i've heard on utube. A bit of advice off you if i may;Ia'm begginer/intermediate level player and i'am thinking of spashing out around £300 on a guitar ,can you recommend anything in that prive range? Many thanks steve
Thanks for the great tutorial, now I can play 'Hard Rain' much better with the 'E' string dropped to 'D'. Just wondered how Bob plays the final few bars of the song ( sounds like a fast arpeggio) ? Also liked your tutorials on 'Don't think twice' and 'Tomorrow is a long time'- they really helped me to play both songs better. Your step-by-step tutorials are really excellent. Many thanks Jim.
Thank you Mike; very good luck with the song. How Dylan played the final few bars of the song is explained and demonstrated at the end of my last video - he slides the D shape chord up the neck for the G an d A chords (if my memory serves me well)
just end up inspiring me in some other way, like a chord that leads to a nice progression or my own take on a tune. So your efforts are greatly appreciated. I'll keep up the getting bored and finding something else though :) My question is if you would have any info on the way Hard Rain is played on the rolling thunder review, I think Mick Ronston played guitar there, it rocks like a monkey-boat! Again, many thanks, John
I think he's referring to this performance: go to RUclips and enter in the search window: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975
Thank you very much for your support Don, and that's a nice thought about my ultimate music hero - but I doubt very much that he spends any of his time looking at RUclips tutorials! Good luck with playing this great Dylan song.
@LUCKas1212 No - Justin is much younger and better looking than me, and has much more time to spend on doing guitar tutorials; either he is single, or has a very understanding wife!
No......It's in E, (NOT E flat)...... Capo on 2nd fret (as stated in this video). I know there is a video of Dylan singing this song in E flat, but the Freewheelin' version (original album recording) is as represented in this series of videos. Folks should feel free to place the capo wherever it suits their vocal range, and not agonise over what key it was recorded in.
A much easier way to get to this tuning is to put the capo on the 5 lower strings only, while leaving the 6th string (e string) open. This gives the same tuning without needing to retune the e string.😄
Yes - similarly when playing his "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" using C chords at the 4th fret it works very well. I also play George Ezra's "Budapest" using C chords at the 4th fret leaving the bass E string open as it gives you that very distinctive bass that George gets without having to drop the whole tuning way down as he does - which doesn't work well on an acoustic unless you have brand new heavy gauge strings on your guitar. George played electric guitar on that song as well of course - which helps. Dropping the 6th string a tone now and again is simple enough though and I'm always switching to and fro when performing in public - it's easy and quick once you get used to it. Also, I sometimes use my low F harmonica and sing the song with capo on the 3rd fret, and then you have to drop the E string down a tone of course.
Defined in the Collins English Dictionary as "on account of or by reason of": examples being quoted as: "By virtue of your years of hard work and experience, we think you would be well-suited to a managerial role." and "I know that you feel the need to intervene by virtue of your role as a father, but you need to allow your children a greater degree of independence."
Thanks James - very good luck with the song. I hope the explanation of "By virtue of" helps - you'll have to forgive the teacher in me (can't get those years out of my system). "Non the less", by the way, is actually one word - "Nonetheless", as also used as "Nevertheless". My teacher used to say "A day without learning is a day wasted". Good advice I thought!
You can of course do it that way, but Dylan detuned and to get the authentic sound you need to do the same because otherwise you can't get the same notes on both the "A" and "G" chords which are critical to the original sound.
@@frankking7154 That's right Frank, and it only works if you capo at the 2nd fret so is not flexible. Dylan played the song with capo on 1st fret here: ruclips.net/video/hXn9ZKPx6CY/видео.html and has also played it in "F" with capo on 3rd fret (which is what I prefer when singing it).
Superb mate. been looking for this everywhere. one chord i couldnt work out. thanks. now to perfect my cover of it. check out my channel if you have a minute. you have alot of useful things on yours.
As challenges go when playing the guitar, I would say that re-tuning an E string to D (with or without a Capo) is even easier than getting the guitar out of its case!
Tuning your guitar before putting the kapo on isn't challenging at all and prevents you from hurting the neck of your guitar. And I don't own a case I transport that bitch raw ong bb gurl. Thanks for the tutorial tho.
"Don't laugh at me this is the first time I've sang this song since... 1965." No one is laughing brother, that was amazing. 1965 was 30 years before I was born. Thanks so much this is one hell of a song.
Thank you very much Matt for listening and your support; good luck with the song!
2024 & I’m grabbing what you posted ages ago.
Thank you so much for your tie & knowledge- great singing btw
That was great, Jim. You're a natural: calm, composed and patient, and you sing it beautifully too. I love this song. It's what every son would like to hear from his father, and the great Bob Dylan nailed it. He must have known a thing or two. I look forward to the next one. Take care
This is really amazing . Such a clear concise lesson . Thanks . And what a great job singing that for the first time since 65.
Cheers John; thank you very much. Good luck with the song.
Him: "Don't laugh at my singing"
Also him: Nails it
Thank you for listening, and also for your nice comment! Good luck with playing this great Dylan song.
@@Lowdenjim you killed it man
"Don't make fun of me for my singing" ...Totally kills it. I can't even sing Happy Birthday :(
Singing "Happy Birthday" is not particiularly inspirational - try singing some Dylan! There are many who say he can't sing either, but we know different don't we?
Great lesson. Thanks for the song. Greets from Brazil. Long live Dylan.
One of the best songs ever written by the best ever songwriter
Can't argue with that Paul!
Good job. Sounds great, both guitar arrangement and vocals.
I heard this song on NPF a few days ago sitting in my car. I was reminded what a fantastic talent Dylan is -- that's why I was on You Tube today looking for a video. Dylan emerged from the likes of Perry Como and Dean Martin with songs and lyrics that cut to the heart. The folks at the Nobel knew what they were doing when he was given the prize for literature.
He certainly deserves this latest of many awards and prizes; the greatest singer/songwriter of all time and an inspiration to millions of musicians worldwide.
Great! Just picked up my guitar again after a long time off and gonna make this the first new song I learn. Thanks
Thanks for your support Billy; very good luck with the song!
Beautiful! Thanks for this. I'm eager to watch part 2, plus I've got tickets to see Bob Dylan in concert tonight!
You lucky fella! Enjoy the concert tonight and very good luck with this great Dylan song!
Thanks for getting me to drop that low E! Been playing this for years in standard tuning with no capo and the real way sounds SO much better. I hadn't paid the necessary attention to the strum pattern either!
Thank you so much for this.
I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head to find a typhoon is on its way inland here in Taiwan. So I left the wife sleeping and have been practicing this for about two hours. I hope I can perform it flawlessly from beginning to end before the rainy season ends. Thanks again.
Thanks very much for your endorsement and I wish you good luck with your playing (and any typhoons!)
Another great video Jimmie! I enjoy your "How to play" videos a lot. I look forward to the next installment of "Hard Rain". Please keep up the excellent work.
Homer from T.O.
You killed it. Thanks for posting and sharing. One more to learn.
Thanks for your support, and very good luck with the song DW!
Another great video, Jim. Much appreciated!
Jim, thank you so much for posting these tutorials, I've learnt so much since i recently discovered them. I love da Bob, I love da doodlin on the guitar, and I love egg sandwiches, I've mastered the art of a damn adequate egg sambo, and I've done ok passin the time on the guitar, and I've bought plenty of song books, which to be honest I get bored with long before I've mastered anything in them, and they never really sound right anyways, so they usually
Awesome vocals and great tutorial! Thank you!
Thank you very much for listening, and good luck with the song!
This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much.
Thanks so much for doing this, it's perfect and super helpful.
Outstanding lesson! Thank you. And great singing also.👍👍
Thank you very much for your support and nice comments Anthony. Very good luck with this great Dylan song and your guitar playing.
THANKS ! for teaching us brotha ! will try to bring it on my show ! Thanks !
You are especially welcome my friend - thank you for your endorsement. Very good luck with this song and your shows; I would love to see you perform this song!!
Thanks Richard - good luck with this great song!
amazing voice, almost thought it wasn't really you there. your a talented lad, you make great music!
Cheers Rich - you're a gem
Most helpful! Thank you so much for it!
Yes, that's right, checked with the Freewheelin' and you're right. Thanks for the useful video my friend.
This is terrific! Thank you so much.
Great lesson, thanks for posting!
Unfortunately the video is not available in my country!
Very nice lesson. Thanks!
Yes he does totally kill it! Thank you for the great lesson.
Cheers Gregory - very good luck with it and many thanks for your valued support.
Great Lesson Thank for Your Effort
Bravo ! Je comprends ton anglais, Jim, sans avoir besoin de sous-titres, grâce à ton débit si calme.
very useful, like the 6th string retune and has improved my sound, which is an achievement for me !
Good luck!
Thank you so much for this lesson
Thanks mate so happy I found this when
Your an amazing instructor
Thank you very much Bill for your endorsement and support. Good luck with the song!
This helped so much! Thanks!
You are most welcome Sarah; thank you very much for your valued support, and good luck to you with this song and your guitar playing.
Good stuff man, enjoyed it
+Cody McGrew Cheers Cody - thanks for watching, and good luck with the song!
Cheers Steve - so many great guitars to choose from now at this price. Some brands you should check out are Simon & Patrick; Tanglewood; Blueridge; Lec for starters. The key to it is to try out as many as possible, and wait for the one that feels great and sounds great to you. Also, ask someone to play it for you while you listen to it from the front. Good luck!
Brilliant love this!
+leapsplashafrog Thank you for your support and very good luck with the song!
Brilliant and inspiring ...
Thank you very much for that Graham - enjoy the song and good luck with your guitar playing.
Thanks for the teaching!!
You are most welcome my friend - thank you for your support, and very good luck with this song!
Hey John - sorry I missed your question.... I'm not familiar with that version of the song; do you have a link?
you are allways the best cheacher Jim:)
Thanx ! I loved you voice too! 💜
Thank you very much for listening, and your nice compliment Michelle, and very good luck with the song.
You're very welcome Reza - good luck with the song.
brilliant! Thank you a lot for this lesson, helps not only with this song :)
Thank you for your support and very good luck with this and other songs along the way!
Lowdenjim you're very welcome :) your other vids are very good too! Maybe you could do a lesson how to play Bob Dylans "Mississippi" (from the album "Love and Theft") one day. Would be great! This song has easy chords, but maybe you could do a nice cover how to play it only on one guitar to make it sound "whole". If you have time one day. :) Greetings!
AMAZING job!! thanks soooo much :) i dont know that i will be able to ever do that but i thank you for the time and effort! Is there any chance you could do North country blues? its only two chords i think but the strumming and hammerons and stuff are confuzing to me :) thanks again!!!!!
@celsotrio Thank you - very good luck
great tutorial...thank you very much!
+Catalin amariei You're very welcome; thank you for your support
Howdy Jim
cool man thanks for the lesson
good news man this friggin snow is finally melting so i will be able to get into the studio tommorow
then I'll get you a list of the BD's songs that I have
hey man that sounds pretty good for not doing it since 1965
stay cool my friend
Rich
Thank you - good luck!
Perfect tutorial!
Thank you very much - good luck with this and other songs!
Really nice video thanks a lot :)
Thanks very much - maybe I should record it!
Thanks Homer - I will try!
Thanks again Jim ,
Hello Jim,one of the best tutorials i've heard on utube.
A bit of advice off you if i may;Ia'm begginer/intermediate level player and i'am thinking of spashing out around £300 on a guitar ,can you recommend anything in that prive range?
Many thanks steve
Great lesson - thank you!!
Thank you for your support and very good luck with the song.
Lowdenjim thanks!! Been jammin this a lot the past few days :)
great video, thanks very much!
Thanks Billy - very good luck with the song!
Hey Billy. .. Are you still in Vancouver? .... jodie
Thanks for the great tutorial, now I can play 'Hard Rain' much better with the 'E' string dropped to 'D'. Just wondered how Bob plays the final few bars of the song ( sounds like a fast arpeggio) ?
Also liked your tutorials on 'Don't think twice' and 'Tomorrow is a long time'- they really helped me to play both songs better. Your step-by-step tutorials are really excellent. Many thanks Jim.
Thank you Mike; very good luck with the song. How Dylan played the final few bars of the song is explained and demonstrated at the end of my last video - he slides the D shape chord up the neck for the G an d A chords (if my memory serves me well)
Good teacher, Good man!
Thank you very much Patrick - very good luck with the song!
The headless axe-man. I like it!
Thanks Ben - good luck with it!
Good tutorial
Thank you Greg - very good luck to you with this Dylan classic!
very helpfull and clear
Thank you and very good luck with the song
just end up inspiring me in some other way, like a chord that leads to a nice progression or my own take on a tune. So your efforts are greatly appreciated. I'll keep up the getting bored and finding something else though :) My question is if you would have any info on the way Hard Rain is played on the rolling thunder review, I think Mick Ronston played guitar there, it rocks like a monkey-boat! Again, many thanks, John
I think he's referring to this performance: go to RUclips and enter in the search window: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975
Thanks Jim! Another great Bobby D lesson. I wonder if Bob has checked you out? I bet you he has, your lessons are great!
Thank you very much for your support Don, and that's a nice thought about my ultimate music hero - but I doubt very much that he spends any of his time looking at RUclips tutorials! Good luck with playing this great Dylan song.
this was easier than i thought to learn, its bassicly the same cords as tambourine man
Thank you
You're very welcome Bill, and very good luck with the song.
great ty.
How to play piano this song?
You're welcome Owen
nice one! good voice, no laughing here... :)
Where can i get the actual word and chord sheet for this?
Hi Michael - they are here: dylanchords.info/02_freewheelin/hard_rain.htm
Very good luck with the song!
you should loosen the capo while de-tuning, as you'll wear the underside of the string, but also, and more importantly, the top of the fret ;-)
Thanks mate
You're very welcome Dan and very good luck with the song!
Modest AF. Great singing.
Thank you very much for listening, and very good luck with playing the song!
@LUCKas1212 No - Justin is much younger and better looking than me, and has much more time to spend on doing guitar tutorials; either he is single, or has a very understanding wife!
No......It's in E, (NOT E flat)...... Capo on 2nd fret (as stated in this video). I know there is a video of Dylan singing this song in E flat, but the Freewheelin' version (original album recording) is as represented in this series of videos. Folks should feel free to place the capo wherever it suits their vocal range, and not agonise over what key it was recorded in.
Lowdenjim. This song is not on Freewheelin'!
I suggest that you play the song thru in the BEGINNING of the video. It will inspire viewers to watch the rest of the video to learn how to do this.
A much easier way to get to this tuning is to put the capo on the 5 lower strings only, while leaving the 6th string (e string) open. This gives the same tuning without needing to retune the e string.😄
Yes - similarly when playing his "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" using C chords at the 4th fret it works very well. I also play George Ezra's "Budapest" using C chords at the 4th fret leaving the bass E string open as it gives you that very distinctive bass that George gets without having to drop the whole tuning way down as he does - which doesn't work well on an acoustic unless you have brand new heavy gauge strings on your guitar. George played electric guitar on that song as well of course - which helps. Dropping the 6th string a tone now and again is simple enough though and I'm always switching to and fro when performing in public - it's easy and quick once you get used to it. Also, I sometimes use my low F harmonica and sing the song with capo on the 3rd fret, and then you have to drop the E string down a tone of course.
Virtue ?
??
I've just never seen that word used like that before . Good lesson though mate non the less.
Defined in the Collins English Dictionary as "on account of or by reason of": examples being quoted as:
"By virtue of your years of hard work and experience, we think you would be well-suited to a managerial role." and "I know that you feel the need to intervene by virtue of your role as a father, but you need to allow your children a greater degree of independence."
I sure i means morally.
Thanks James - very good luck with the song. I hope the explanation of "By virtue of" helps - you'll have to forgive the teacher in me (can't get those years out of my system). "Non the less", by the way, is actually one word - "Nonetheless", as also used as "Nevertheless". My teacher used to say "A day without learning is a day wasted". Good advice I thought!
Why detune bottom E string?,
Why not just turn your shubb capo the other way round and just capo top five strings and leave the bottom E string open?.
You can of course do it that way, but Dylan detuned and to get the authentic sound you need to do the same because otherwise you can't get the same notes on both the "A" and "G" chords which are critical to the original sound.
Lowdenjim ah I understand now
You can't get the thumbfretted f sharp on the A chord cheers bud.
It you are partial capoed.
@@frankking7154 That's right Frank, and it only works if you capo at the 2nd fret so is not flexible. Dylan played the song with capo on 1st fret here: ruclips.net/video/hXn9ZKPx6CY/видео.html and has also played it in "F" with capo on 3rd fret (which is what I prefer when singing it).
This guy sound's like ringo star :D
+indre m Yorkshire accent, just over the Penines, via M62................gradely lad.
Superb mate. been looking for this everywhere. one chord i couldnt work out. thanks. now to perfect my cover of it. check out my channel if you have a minute. you have alot of useful things on yours.
is that justin sandercoe?
It's in E flat not in E.
Tuning your guitar to drop d with the kapo on is pain.exe
As challenges go when playing the guitar, I would say that re-tuning an E string to D (with or without a Capo) is even easier than getting the guitar out of its case!
Tuning your guitar before putting the kapo on isn't challenging at all and prevents you from hurting the neck of your guitar. And I don't own a case I transport that bitch raw ong bb gurl. Thanks for the tutorial tho.
You need to ask someone who plays piano. Good luck....
Imma guess you don't get paid to teach...
Wrong guess my friend, but 5/10 for getting the profession correct! Good luck with this great Dylan classic!